The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SENESCHAL which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1957.
Figure in authority crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SENESCHAL | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Figure in authority
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- elder
- czar
- hierarch
- lord
- prefect
- chief
- dean
- dictator
- old man
- surrogate
- authoritative
- parricide
Crossword Answer definitions
SENESCHAL noun- A steward, particularly one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
- An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc.
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